Re^3: ref eq "REF"

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Re^4: ref eq "REF" by gaal (Parson) on Oct 18, 2004 at 14:09 UTC
Why's that? It could have worked just fine if `ref` had returned SCALAR in this case. In fact, there's only place in Dumper.pm where REF is mentioned at all. Here's what it says: `if ($realtype eq 'SCALAR' \|\| $realtype eq 'REF')` Clearly, Dumper would have lived just fine with "a reference is just a scalar" semantics.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: ref eq "REF" by Jasper (Chaplain) on Oct 19, 2004 at 09:12 UTC
So it would seem. I was just thinking that the reference is a reference, a SCALAR is something different would seem to be the easier. As you say, Data::Dumper would have lived just fine (better, even). I should have looked at the source myself before writing that.	[reply]